| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; | 1This is what the LORD says to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, as I strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him and gates that cannot keep closed: |
| 2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: | 2 "I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars. |
| 3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. | 3I'll give you concealed treasures and riches hidden in secret places, so that you'll know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. |
| 4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. | 4For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me. |
| 5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: | 5I am the LORD, and there is no other besides me: and there are no gods. I'm strengthening you, although you have not acknowledged me, |
| 6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. | 6so that from the sun's rising to the west people may know that there is none besides me. "I am the LORD, and there is no other." |
| 7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. | 7"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things. |
| 8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. | 8"Shout, you skies above, and you clouds, and let righteousness stream down. I am the one who says to the earth, 'Let salvation blossom, and let righteousness sprout forth.' |
| 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? | 9"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no human hands?'! |
| 10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? | 10Woe to the one who says to his father, 'What are you begetting?' or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'!" |
| 11Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. | 11This is what the Lord says, the Creator of the signs: "Question me about my children? Or give me orders about the work of my hands? |
| 12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. | 12I myself made the earth and personally created humankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the skies; I marshaled all their starry hosts." |
| 13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. | 13"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. | 14This is what the LORD says: "The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, those Sabeans, men of great heights. They'll come over to you and will be yours; They'll trudge behind you— coming over in chains, they'll bow down to you. They'll plead with you, 'Surely God is in you; and there is no other God at all.'" |
| 15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. | 15"Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. |
| 16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. | 16All of them will be put to shame—indeed, disgraced! The makers of idols will go off in disgrace together. |
| 17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. | 17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you won't be put to shame or disgraced ever again." |
| 18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. | 18For this is what the LORD says, who created the heavens— he is God, and the one who formed the earth and made it, and he is the one who established it; he didn't create it for chaos, but formed it to be inhabited— "I am the LORD and there is no other. |
| 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. | 19I didn't speak in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I didn't say to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in chaos.' I, the LORD, speak truth, declaring what is right. |
| 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. | 20"Gather together and come; draw near and enter, your fugitives from the nations. Those who carry around their wooden idols know nothing, nor do those who keep praying to a god that cannot save. |
| 21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. | 21Explain and present a case! Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and Savior; and there is none besides me. |
| 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. | 22Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other. |
| 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. | 23By myself I have sworn— from my mouth has gone out integrity, a promise that won't be revoked: 'To me every knee will bow, and every tongue will swear. ' |
| 24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. | 24One will say of me, 'Only in the LORD are victories and might.' All who raged against him will come to him and will be put to shame. |
| 25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. | 25In the LORD all the descendants of Israel will triumph and make their boast." |
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